High stakes poker

My wife's side of the family are card players. Whenever we get together, there is always a poker game going on. Last night we celebrated Father in Law's birthday at my house, and the entertainment was, of course, poker. At least for them. My entertainement was watching all the things that went on besides poker, and I learned a lot.

Things I learned:

1. My son, who has more toys than can fit in his room,who has a play station, a bicycle, all sorts of sports equipment, access to 3 televisions, 2 VCRs, 2 DVDs, and two computers, still can't find anything to do.
2. My daughter is a good luck charm, for my Sister in Law.
3. My brother in law has more gray hair than I do.
4. Mannerisms are genetic. My father in law and my wife both squint the same way.
5. All of them spend too much time watching the world series of poker.
6. It does them no good, because I waxed everyone and I would rather watch paint dry than to watch other people play poker.
7. I learned that the local grocery stores no longer carry bread maker mix that is any fun to make
8. I learned that I really like leaving my cell phone at home when I get sent to the grocery store. That way, I can make big boy decisions all by myself.
9. I learned that November 12th is too damned early for the Grinch (my all time favorite Christmas show) to be on TV.
10. I learned that my sister in law can sink to new lows of laziness and self centered ness. My wife and I killed ourselves yesterday to get the house ready for a party that S.I.L. decided we had to have. I learned that S.I.L. was too busy, on her day off to bake a simple batch of cupcakes for her own father's birthday party that she organized. I learned that she could come to my house, eat my food, drink my beer, breathe my air, use my bathroom 32 times, bitch at my kids for being too noisy, complain that the dog was too friendly, and then she needed to borrow money from her dad for her poker losses. On her way out the door, she said "we need to do this more often." Yeah. I am up for that.

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